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Samsung wants you to clean up your act with this Galaxy Watch handwashing reminder app

Samsung has introduced a handwashing app for Galaxy Watch owners to remind them to wash their hands well and often.

Samsung wants you to clean up your act with this Galaxy Watch handwashing reminder app

Samsung teases a gorgeous artificial window that mimics sunlight

Basements and tiny apartments everywhere may never be the same.

Samsung teases a gorgeous artificial window that mimics sunlight

The next iPhone will get a ‘world facing’ 3D camera

Our source confirms Apple’s plans to put a 3D depth camera on the back of the iPhone. Here’s what it’ll do.

The next iPhone will get a ‘world facing’ 3D camera

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip folding phone: Your questions, my answers

Foldable phones are still in their pricey-curiosity phase. But Samsung’s latest hints at future devices that might have mass appeal.

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip folding phone: Your questions, my answers

Here’s why your Samsung Galaxy received that mysterious ‘1’ notification

Was it a mass-scale hack on Samsung devices? A mysterious warning from a whistleblower somewhere? The beginning of an alien cyberattack? Nah.

Here’s why your Samsung Galaxy received that mysterious ‘1’ notification

First and foremost, Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip is a fashion statement

If you buy Samsung’s new folding phone, people will gawk and ask questions. If that’s part of the purchase rationale, the company might as well admit it.

First and foremost, Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip is a fashion statement

Samsung’s new Galaxy S20 phones pull out all the stops, for a price

The company’s newest flagships go all-5G and boast some of the most ambitious cameras ever seen in a phone. But the price of admission is $1,000 and way, way up.

Samsung’s new Galaxy S20 phones pull out all the stops, for a price

Motorola’s new folding Razr phone is a tantalizing glimpse of the post-iPhone era

Screens can fold now. But that doesn’t mean your next phone will.

Motorola’s new folding Razr phone is a tantalizing glimpse of the post-iPhone era

‘We can’t scale humans’: Why startups are raising millions to build AI avatars

Startups are creating unsettling human-like avatars to take over customer service jobs—or even act as a stand-in for celebrities.

‘We can’t scale humans’: Why startups are raising millions to build AI avatars

Report: YouTube is running ads from major brands, including Samsung and Greenpeace, on climate change misinformation videos

In total, 108 brands had their ads run on climate misinformation videos, including companies that pride themselves on their green stances.

Report: YouTube is running ads from major brands, including Samsung and Greenpeace, on climate change misinformation videos

Samsung’s next flagship, the Galaxy S20+, has been leaked. Here’s what it looks like

A four-lens camera system is one of the phone’s highlights.

Samsung’s next flagship, the Galaxy S20+, has been leaked. Here’s what it looks like

The best stuff at CES got me optimistic about technology again

For all the problems the tech industry has been causing, its annual spectacle still has its unproblematic moments.

The best stuff at CES got me optimistic about technology again

A frightening Android camera flaw could’ve let apps secretly record you

Samsung and Google say they’ve addressed the issue already, but a security firm says some phones may still be vulnerable.

A frightening Android camera flaw could’ve let apps secretly record you

Motorola’s wild new Razr is here, and it’s basically a foldable iPhone

Want one or not, you have to see the industrial design for yourself.

Motorola’s wild new Razr is here, and it’s basically a foldable iPhone

The most important announcement Google didn’t mention at its keynote

Its ambitious Daydream project is dead.

The most important announcement Google didn’t mention at its keynote

Gorilla Glass for folding screens might arrive sooner than you think

The first folding-display gadgets have plastic screens, which isn’t ideal. But Corning has been bending glass for years—and expects to have it ready for screens by 2021.

Gorilla Glass for folding screens might arrive sooner than you think

Samsung’s new tablet is useful in all the ways an iPad Pro isn’t

Even Google seems to have given up on Android tablets. But Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S6 proves that the category deserves to exist.

Samsung’s new tablet is useful in all the ways an iPad Pro isn’t

Vertical video has won so much, Samsung made a concert stage optimized for your phone

The brand threw a show in London with a three-tier stage that just happens to fit perfectly in vertical frame.

Vertical video has won so much, Samsung made a concert stage optimized for your phone

Samsung’s next foldable phone will bend into a square like a wallet

But its release is hinging on the success of the maligned Galaxy Fold.

Samsung’s next foldable phone will bend into a square like a wallet

If Samsung says the headphone jack is dead, it’s dead

Never a company to capriciously get rid of features, Samsung has decided to say goodbye to the headphone jack—at least on its new Note10 phones.

If Samsung says the headphone jack is dead, it’s dead

Impact

COVID-19 public health messages have been all over the place—but we can do better

This soap refill company is salvaging soap dispensers from other brands

These new poverty maps could reshape how we deliver international aid

News

How to watch Prince Philip’s funeral on CNN, ABC, CBS, and elsewhere, including free options

Should the America First Caucus sound an alarm about white nationalism?

How opera singers are using low-latency ‘jam session’ tech to prepare for live performances

Co.Design

This clever children’s book uses interactive data visualizations to explain the universe

Green and gorgeous: This new e-com site sells only the world’s most sustainable home goods

Miss the smell of the office printer? These candles recreate our prepandemic life

Work Life

3 things to consider if you want your workplace to be ‘transparent’

3 types of boundaries to emphasize while continuing to work from home

This special sixth sense has helped my career